Mid-Hudson briefs

Amenia supervisor calls check charge a 'misunderstanding'

AMENIA - In what he's calling a "misunderstanding," town Supervisor Bill Flood, 60, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of issuing a bad check on Sept. 20, according to a state police press release.

"It's been taken care of ? there was a misunderstanding between my bookkeeper and Sysco's," Flood said. He declined to comment further.

Sysco is a company that sells, markets and distributes food products to restaurants and other businesses, according to its website.

Flood owns the Cozy Corner Café & Tap Room. He is seeking re-election for a second term as supervisor, according to Journal archives.

He is scheduled to appear in Town of Amenia Justice Court at 1 p.m. on Oct. 21, the release stated.

State police were unable to comment further on the matter at press time.

Resident accused of stealing from burned house

HYDE PARK - A Staatsburg man is due in court Thursday for allegedly stealing from a town residence.

Gary J. Brihim, 41, faces a third-degree burglary charge, a felony, for allegedly stealing property from the residence's garage, police said. The residence was vacant, due to a fire, police said.

A detective stopped and questioned Brihim, who was seen leaving the property around 12:36 p.m. on Sept. 16, police said.

Brihim was arraigned in Hyde Park Town Court and sent to Dutchess County Jail on $10,000 bail or bond, police said.

CIA to host former food writer, editor Sokolov

HYDE PARK - A former food writer and editor for the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times will speak today at the Culinary Institute of America.

Raymond Sokolov will talk to students and the public at 2 p.m. in the Danny Kaye Theatre in the school's Conrad N. Hilton Library. The event is free and open to the public but attendance is limited to 150 people and seating is on a first-come, first-served basis, the school said.

Sokolov's most recent book, "Steal the Menu: A Memoir of Forty Years in Food" (Alfred A. Knopf, 2013), is an insider's account of the development of American tastes since the early 1970s, the school said in a written release.

For information, contact the CIA at 845-452-9600.

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Mid-Hudson briefs

In what he's calling a 'misunderstanding,' town Supervisor Bill Flood, 60, was arrested on misdemeanor charges of issuing a bad check on Sept. 20, according to a state police press release.